Humanity

I came to a conclusion today... I AM HUMAN! I have the power to love. I have the power to forgive. I have the power to laugh, smile, cry. I have the ability to make mistakes. I have the ability to totally screw everything up! I have the ability to err...Because I am human.
It was a very enlightening moment. I was stopped at a traffic light at the Portage Pointe exit in Streetsboro and Hoobastank's "The Reason" was playing on the radio. All of a sudden, the lyrics transformed in my mind and I instantly felt a sigh of relief. I am human! I am not perfect! My imperfections are what make me who I am! Imperfections are what separate everyone from everyone else! I can be no one else but me. I am me! Like my profile says, I am the black sock in the load of white laundry. I refuse to constantly badger myself and internally brutalize myself for being and acting like the true me. Though I am human, I know I can do anything and be anything I want to be. If you cannot love and accept me for who I am, then I do not need you in my life. If you want to hold onto the bad or the weird, over the good, I don't need to explain myself to you anymore. I am damn proud to be the woman I am, and if someone cannot accept it, then they need to take a good look in the mirror. They need to stare deep into their reflection until it fades to black, take a deep breath and realize, they are no better than me..They are simply human too.